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[Martin Albisetti <martin.albisetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Alexander raised an interesting requirement on IRC, that I'd like to
discuss a bit to figure out how to best implement it.
Creating an image today is tied to being able to upload core apps to
the store first, which creates a bit of a chicken-and-egg story for
continuous integration. Lets fix this.

Currently you can upload apps and not publish them directly. I think
that's essentially "staging" them, what I believe we lack today is the
ability to do some CI with unpublished apps.

I can see others also wanting to be able to stage and test their apps,
before they become public.

So, what I understand we need to provide, as a minimum feature is:
- A way to programatically upload and download apps, before they are
published (or maybe even reviewed?)
- A way to limit access to who can access these files for download
- A way to programatically publish them once it passes all tests

A few questions as well:
- Can we use the same credentials as the user that uploads them?
- Do we need to also provide all the data in click index, or just the
ability to download a file you know the name beforehand?
- Anything else?


-- 
Martin